Located on the main floor of the 1933 Weston Family Wing, to the south of the beautifully restored Rotunda, this Gallery forms a complement to the Daphne Cockwell Gallery of Canada: First Peoples, in the Hilary and Galen Weston Wing opposite, which opened in December 2005.
This also completes the re-installation of the ROM's two most prominent collections, those from Canada and East Asia, on the renovated main floor.
The majority of exhibits cover the period from the early years of European settlement to the beginnings of the modern industrial era, and reflect mainly Canada's French and British cultural heritage, with broad representation prior to 1850.
While the focus is on Canada's colonial past, modern Canadian furniture and decorative arts, as well as 20th century commercial graphic art, are displayed for the first time, reflecting a new direction in building the Museum's collections.
The approximately 560 artifacts on display are organized into exhibits that reflect the strengths of the ROM's holdings to help better understand the past.
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